Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-28
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NORTHWEST ITEMS.
interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
ILLINOIS,.
The extensive plant Of the United States
Rolling Stock Company wilt be removed
from Etrbana, O., to Decatur
Edward Forsman confessed in open count
at Newton few days ago to being an ac-'
cesso1y before the fact Of the murder of
George Bowers, and was sentenced to four
teen years in the penitentiary.
Hundreds Of cattle are being dehorned In
the vicinity Of Pekin among the farmers.
Those that were dehorned some weeks ago
were doing we'll
y The State Board Of Agriculture is receiv
ting reports of most discouraging nature
with regard to the crop prospects for next
year. The winter wheat crop is of a very
poor quality, and the yield will be small
Cattle are being shipped out Of the State as
rapidly as possible, because the price of
corn is too high to feed with profit
Jane McMuldn, living ten miles south Of
Paris. hung herself the other morning be-
cause young man to whom she was en-
gagged left for Missouri without seeing her
Richard Tinker was killed by the acct
dental discharge of his gun while hunting
near Decatur recently.
William Bonner, justice of the peace in
Murphysboro, lately brought libel suit
against Samuel Darlington, his son -in-law.
He tried the case himself, acting as Judge
lawyer, witness and jury, and gave himself
verdict of 5000. =.
New York capitalists are at work in Chi
coge endeavouring to secure right of way
for system Of elevated railways. The syn
dictate IS said to have 800. 600, 900 at it's
command.
Mr. John Cunningham and wife celebrated
theE golden wedding at their residence in
Salem few evenings ago.
Ulysses Pemberton, aged twenty-one
years, shot and killed his father the other
morning at the homestead near Gdllada,
rel.
W. Parkinson's large stock-barn in Will
low, 10 Daviess County, burned the other
night. together with sixty tons of hay, FIVE
hundred bushels Of corn and six head of
cattle
Three of the best-executed counterfeit
years were turned into the sub-treasury the
other y. They are standard dollars of
the issue Of 1884, and in size, appearance
andwe: ght are perfect
IOWA.
Nathan Sanders. of Grinnell, aged eighty
eight years, died the other morning, and
his wife, aged eighty-four years. followed
him Two days afterwards. both dying of old
age The old couple were pioneers there
and widely respected
Spencer Lee, aged seventy-one years,
committed suicide ut Des Moines few days
ago by shooting. Dependency from con-
tinued il-health caused the act
At Sioux City the other day numerousy
signed protest was published declaring that
the presentation of canes to Arensdorf's
attorneys did not by any means represent
the bush ess men of that city: The citizens
of Marathon, PocaNontas County hanged
John Aransdorf and Sheriff Mcdonald in
efhgy and gave three groans for Kellogg
and the jury:
Marcus Cherokee County, farmers pro-
pose to organize grain-shlpping associa-
ton and handle their own grain
Dr. Thomas J. Jones, druggist of
Sevastopol; O. S, Porter, a student in the
DIS Mo mes E ectric Medical Collage, and
an ignorant fellow named Pat.hof were
caught the other night in the act of robbing
the grave of Mrs Claf n, at Mitchellville.
Levy e. Guye, supposed to be a cattle
dealer f1om Walnut committed suicide by
shoot ng himself through the mouth in
room in Chic go hotel few nights ago.
Bowen's drug store, the Office of the
Weekly Enterprise and several 0 her build
Sv1xr f7n X fSvoa NoVvy S11or0 fho
other day.
Q ebrated their golden wedding a few
e. enings ago.
Robert Brown, coal-miner, fatally shot
J n N cholson. another miner. at Knox
Vile junction few days ago. Brown was
arrested
The brewers of Cedar Rapids have been
given until March to dispose of the STOCKS
they have ON hand, upon their promising
to close after that date
By the collision of two construction trains
at Waterloo the other night F.reman Davis
was fatally and Eng. neer Caffel slightly in
jHed
The dynamite bomb exploded at Mar
sh ultown recently was to nd out the per-
PIT aters of practical jokes with bombs
filled with sawdust 1t was successful, the
jokers having confessed
AZ the recent Stale poultry show at Mar
shalltown there were tive hundred and fifty
entries and a fine display of howera
WISCONSIN.
Louis Laubensrein, ag I'd tfty-seven years,
q weu-known merchant of Hartford, was
found dead in his bed the otner morning.
The condir on Of his body was such as to
warrant the be .ief that he committed sui
eide by swallowing strychnine.
The State Grange met in annual session
at NJ Olson recently: Worthy Master Carr
in his annual address urged petiioning
Congress to pass laws for Government con-
t1ol of tel graph, election of postmasters
by the people concerned, making sufficient
appropriations to stamp out diseases among
stock, and for reduced postage on seeds and
plAsss from sixteen to eight cents Mr.:
Carr was reelected Master.
George smithenson, OF North Prairie,
Waukesha County, while wheeling sack Of
fur few days ago slipped and fell back
ward, striking his head, and was instantly
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